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Elon Musk offers discounted solar panels and batteries after California blackouts
Tesla is offering a discount on solar panels and batteries to people who are affected by wildfire power outages, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted today. More than 2 million people across California have been affected by power outages since October 25th as utility companies try to prevent their power lines from sparking new blazes. A fire just north of San Francisco has already consumed more than 66,000 acres and is only 5 percent under control.
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Tesla’s new Solar Roof costs less than a new roof plus solar panels, aims for install rate of 1K per week
Tesla has launched the third iteration of its solar roof tile for residential home use, which it officially detailed in a blog post on Friday and in a call with media. Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the call with some explanatory remarks on the V3 Solar Roof, and then took a number of questions.
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Tesla Turns a Profit—and Builds a Chinese Factory Very Fast
Whether you’re a bullish Tesla superfan or an intense skeptic, there’s one thing on which you can agree: The electric carmaker, and its irreverent and impish CEO, are seldom boring. Tesla reported its quarterly earnings Wednesday, showing the company regaining profitability (albeit by a slim margin). Even more impressive: Tesla said it had constructed its Shanghai Gigafactory—which it says will ultimately crank out 150,000 cars a year—in 168 working days.
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Electric-Car Owners Hard Hit by Massive California Power Shutdown
Tesla's Elon Musk promises battery and solar solutions for the many EV owners who can't charge their cars.
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Flash Memory Wear Killing Older Tesla's Due to Excessive Data Logging: Report
Flash memory wear due to excessive data logging appears to be killing older Tesla's, and it only seems to be a matter of time until the new ones die, too.
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Tesla will let you customize your car's horn and movement sounds
It'll even include 'Monty Python' coconut horse clops.
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Driverless Tesla Model 3 Pulled Over By Police For Failure To Stop
A Tesla Model 3 was testing its Smart Summon feature when it got pulled over by the police after running a stop sign right in front of a police officer.
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Elon Musk broke US labor laws on Twitter
Elon Musk’s tweets have gotten him into trouble. A California judge ruled Friday that the Tesla CEO and other company executives have been illegally sabotaging employee efforts to form a union. The administrative judge, Amita Tracy, pointed to 12 company actions that violated US labor laws. That includes letting security guards harass workers who were passing out union pamphlets in the parking lot, banning employees from wearing pro-union T-shirts and buttons, repeatedly interrogating union organizers, and eventually firing one of them.
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People Are Already Reporting Collisions With Tesla’s Driverless Smart Summon Feature
The functionality is part of Tesla’s V10 software, which had its widespread release earlier this week.
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Delaware judge says Tesla board must face trial over Musk's mega-pay package
A Delaware judge ruled on Friday that Tesla Inc’s (TSLA.O) board of directors must defend at a trial Chief Executive Elon Musk’s multibillion dollar pay package, which a shareholder lawsuit said unjustly enriched the head of the electric vehicle company.
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After seven roof fires, Walmart sues Tesla over solar panel flaws
Walmart filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Tesla on Tuesday. The retail giant says Tesla's "negligent installation and maintenance" of solar panels caused fires on the roofs of as many as seven Walmart stores since 2012. Most people think of Tesla as an electric car manufacturer, but Tesla also sells other products related to renewable energy.
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The SpaceX Starman Roadster Has Completed Its First Orbit Around The Sun
After 557 days since they were launched into space, Starman and the Tesla Roadster have completed their first orbit around the Sun. Starman hitched a ride out of our atmosphere on the first Falcon Heavy launch in February 2018. Since then it has travelled over 762 million miles, according to data from Where is Roadster.
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This Tesla Mod Turns a Model S Into a Mobile 'Surveillance Station'
AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE reader cameras are controversial enough when law enforcement deploys them, given that they can create a panopticon of transit throughout a city. Now one hacker has found a way to put a sample of that power—for safety, he says, and for surveillance—into the hands of anyone with a Tesla and a few hundred dollars to spare.
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Tesla battery research partner unveils path to more energy-dense Li-ion cells that could beat solid-state - Electrek
While there’s still room to improve Li-Ion battery cells, most people in the industry believe that solid-state batteries are going to be the next generation of preferred chemistry. Now Tesla’s battery research partners have unveiled a path to more energy-dense Li-ion cells that could shift research away from solid-state.
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Tesla has a new energy product called Megapack
Tesla has launched a new utility-scale energy storage product called Megapack modeled after the giant battery system it deployed in South Australia as the company seeks to provide an alternative to natural gas “peaker” power plants.
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Tesla Semi electric motorhome concept: a zero-emission and self-driving home
As Tesla is preparing to launch its ‘Tesla Semi’ electric truck next year, some are starting to imagine other possible applications than freight transport, like a Tesla Semi electric motorhome. Motorhomes are often associated with freedom. The idea that you can take your entire home on the road and explore the world is extremely appealing to many.
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Elon Musk says a 'massive effort' is required to get Tesla driverless cars to '99.9999%' safety
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has admitted that the company has got a lot of hard work to get through if it's going to launch a robot taxi network in 2020. In a tweet on Sunday, Musk said "massive effort" is required to get the technology to "99.9999% safety." He also highlighted two areas where the software needs to improve.
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Tesla Electric Airplane? Elon Musk sees electric aircraft in 5 years
Tesla CEO Elon Musk started discussing the potential for electric airplanes, which he thinks could be viable in about 5 years. Could a Tesla airplane be in Musk’s plans? We are already starting to see electric airplane programs, like the Pipistrel Alpha Electro all-electric plane and the Siemens and Magnus’ eFusion, but battery technology still needs to improve in order to have commercial aircraft like we have today.
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Here's a real Tesla Solar Roof quote and the price will shock you
We got our hands on an actual Tesla Solar Roof quote sent to a potential customer and the price is shockingly high, but it could still make sense for some homeowners. By Fred Lambert.
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Tesla has a design for an electric submarine car, but don't hold your breath
Elon Musk revealed that Tesla has a design for an electric submarine or amphibious car, but it doesn’t sound like it’s something that they plan on bringing to market. The 1977 James Bond movie ‘The Spy Who Loved Me‘ featured a modified Lotus Esprit that could change into a submarine.
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